- A member of Dr. Oz’s advisory board does not associate with the doctor because of Oz’s politics.
- Joel Fuhrman, who has appeared on “The Dr. Oz Show” five times, says he now “want nothing to do with Oz.”
- “I can’t imagine someone being moral and rational and being a Trump supporter,” Fuhrman said.
Family physician and celebrity “nutrition doctor” Joel Fuhrman, who served on the “Dr. Oz Show’s” medical advisory board, told Isair that he could not support Mehmet Oz because of his relationship with former President Donald Trump.
“Of course, I’ve respected Dr. Oz for many years, knowing that he’s a doctor,” Fuhrman told Insider. But now he is a Republican Trump supporter and I want nothing to do with him.
Fuhrman added that he believes Trump is “an evil individual who has done terrible things to our country,” citing Trump’s denial of climate change and Trump’s attempt to “control” the 2020 election as his top concerns.
Oz is running for the Senate seat against Democratic challenger John Fetterman, a Republican from Pennsylvania. Trump endorsed Oz in April.
Fuhrman, a current San Diego resident, is ineligible to vote for Oz in the upcoming election, but feels strongly about Oz’s political stance since running for office.
“I am no longer a fan of Dr. Oz because my political views are contrary to what Trump stands for and what Oz has taken on politics,” Fuhrman said, adding that he believes the doctor is motivated by ambition and a desire for power. instead of profit. “So I didn’t meet him.”
The Oz Show’s medical board has recently come under fire for the dubious science its members promote, including stuffing noses with petroleum jelly to ward off viruses and drinking onion juice and lemon tea to treat flu symptoms.
Fuhrman told the insider that he didn’t have any specific tasks or meetings while serving on the board, but Oz knew from their time together at the University of Pennsylvania, and at one point, the doctor-turned-politician considered him a friend. Fuhrman appeared approximately five times on The Oz Show to promote his “nutritious” diet.
A balanced diet is mostly based on plants – adherents mean one pound of raw vegetables and one pound cooked daily – and no animal products or dairy products, oil, added salt, or snacks between meals. Dietitian Carolyn Williams has referred to Fuhrman’s nutrition plan as a “fad diet” that “takes the concept of nutrients to an extreme and is so important that we don’t know.”
Fuhrman himself In a 2012 interview with Men’s Journal, he fasted for 46 days and drank only water to heal his heel injury.
Fuhrman says he stands behind his diet and its ability to cure people of all kinds of ailments, but Oz says he no longer endorses it — not because of conflicts of interest or concerns about the science presented on his show, which he admits could be “B-grade” or “C-grade,” but for the former president. With Trump’s support.
“In my own mind, I can’t imagine someone being moral and rational and being a Trump supporter,” Fuhrman said. “I just can’t understand how it’s going to happen.”
Oz representatives did not respond to Insider’s requests for comment.
